Robots To Blame For Foxconn Hiring Freeze Not iPhone 5

Apple has always had more than its fair share of critics, and even when their sales were in the millions, we still heard analysts saying they failed for not reaching expectations. After the iPhone 5 came out, speculations about how the iPhone business has lagged were rife. Whether or not you hold with the critics, the fact remains that the iPhone is a pretty darned good phone! Then came the talk about Foxconn freezing hiring. As can be expected, critics jumped on this, blaming the slow iPhone 5 sales. As if that were not enough, there have also been reports that Foxconn has put a stop to its plans to build a new factory. That idea obviously bothered some people – those that matter in the financial sense – resulting in Apple’s shares being adversely affected again. But is the iPhone 5 really to blame for the Foxconn hiring freeze? If you want things to be easy for your brain and don’t really feel like thinking much, then yeah, why not? It’s not really like the news affects you personally, does it? Then again, there are some factors that may be related to the Foxconn hiring freeze, factors worth looking at. One, [...]

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